{
  "id": 7957264,
  "title": "Congress MPs Backed Tiered UPI Revenue Model In Parliamentary Panel Meeting, Says Govt",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/congress-mps-backed-tiered-upi-revenue-model-in-parliamentary-panel",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-17T04:51:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/congress-mps-backed-tiered-upi-revenue-model-in-parliamentary-panel-meeting-says-govt"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Five Congress MPs, including former finance minister P Chidambaram, were present when the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance approved a report recommending a tiered revenue mechanism for UPI, with no dissent recorded in the published proceedings. The development comes amid a political dispute over the Centre’s decision to introduce a 0.4% Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on specified…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}